§ 718f. — Enforcement; authority of United States judges, magistrate judges, and employees of Department of the Interior.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC718f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 7--PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS
SUBCHAPTER IV--HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP TAX
Sec. 718f. Enforcement; authority of United States judges,
magistrate judges, and employees of Department of the Interior
For the efficient execution of this subchapter, the judges of the
several courts, established under the laws of the United States, United
States magistrate judges, and persons appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior to enforce the provisions of this subchapter, shall have, with
respect thereto, like powers and duties as are conferred upon said
judges, magistrate judges, and employees of the Department of the
Interior by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.], or
any other Act to carry into effect any treaty for the protection of
migratory birds with respect to that Act. Any bird or part thereof taken
or possessed contrary to this subchapter shall, when seized, be disposed
of by the Secretary in accordance with law.
(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, Sec. 6, 48 Stat. 452; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 90-
578, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 95-
616, Sec. 3(i), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3112; Pub. L. 101-650, title III,
Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
References in Text
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and ``that Act'', referred to in
text, is act July 3, 1918, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755, as amended, which is
classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 703 et seq.) of chapter 7 of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
section 710 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-616 substituted in last sentence ``contrary to this
subchapter shall, when seized, be disposed of by the Secretary in
accordance with law'' for ``contrary to such Acts shall, when seized, be
disposed of as provided by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or Acts
aforesaid''.
Change of Name
``United States magistrate judges'' and ``magistrate judges''
substituted for ``United States magistrates'' and ``magistrates'',
respectively, in text pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set
out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure. Previously, ``magistrates'' substituted in text for
``commissioners'' pursuant to Pub. L. 90-578. See chapter 43 (Sec. 631
et seq.) of Title 28.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of
the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 718a of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 716e of this title.
